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Tamiya AS-series Spray Can Paint Question

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  • Member since
    March 2021
Tamiya AS-series Spray Can Paint Question
Posted by JoelR1225 on Sunday, August 21, 2022 10:49 AM

I decanted a Tamiya AS-series spray can for the first time.  It airbrushed great, but then I had a surprise that my Iwata airbrush cleaner fluid did not thin the paint during cleanup.  Also, my usual Tamiya X-20A thinner did not work and every other thinner I had from other manufacturers did not work.  I with a ton of effort I was able to get the airbrush cleaned up using Windex, but that was not working terribly well either.  Does anyone know what thinner I should use for Tamiya AS-series spray can paints?  Thank you in advance for any help on this.

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    July 2011
  • From: Armpit of NY
Posted by MJames70 on Sunday, August 21, 2022 11:01 AM

Tamiya AS and TS spray paints are lacquers. You need lacquer thinner to clean it up. Paint thinner intended for acrylics will not clean this up, as you have discovered. 

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    March 2021
Posted by JoelR1225 on Sunday, August 21, 2022 11:03 AM

Thank you!

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